‘Your City Could Be Better’: How Nashville Is Beating Flock
Did you know Nashville has repeatedly rejected the kind of surveillance technology that’s being used across the country? Banning tools like Flock cameras and regulating drone use is a local win in many folks’ eyes, though there are definitely local arguments in favor of the technology. Rachel Iacovone joins Your City Could Be Better to walk through all the measures that the city government has faced, why people have reason to fear the tech, and in which areas it may have actually brought some improvements.
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